Interlibrary Loan (ILL) or Resource Sharing is a FREE service that allows faculty, staff, and students to request materials from libraries outside of Penn State.
Before submitting an ILL request, always check to see if the material you want is available through the PSU Library Catalog.
The College of Medicine and Hershey Medical Center Users:
Log in to ILLIAD or create an account
PSU Access Authentication Required
ILL FAQs
- Locate an item in the University Libraries catalog or in LionSearch
- Click on the "I Want It" button
- Select "Penn State Hershey (College of Medicine)" as the pickup location
Non-circulating items and articles from other Penn State campus libraries can be requested through ILLiad.
Digital materials will be delivered to the email address you used to sign up for your ILLiad account.
For physical materials requested, you will be notified by email that the material is ready to be picked up at the library service desk.
- Click on login/create an Illiad account link
- Fill out form and click submit
- Once you create your account, you can immediately submit requests in Illiad (ILL).
This service is ONLY AVAILABLE during office hours (8AM – 4:30PM) on weekdays.
Resources needed to handle patient care emergencies can be processed as a RUSH request:
Complete an item request online – login link (Illiad)
Please email interlibrary loan staff at hmcill@pennstatehealth.psu.edu immediately after completing your request in ILLiad with the request details. In your email, please clearly state the request is for a patient care emergency.
- Journal articles
- Books (scholarly & leisure)
- Book chapters
- Newspaper articles
- Conference papers/proceedings
- Dissertations/thesis
- Students
- Residents
- Fellows
- Faculty
- Staff
- Allied health professionals
Check the tutorial videos to learn more about ILL and determing access.
Organizations not Affiliated with DOCLINE or OCLC
Interlibrary Loan Lending supplies loans and photocopies of materials owned by the Harrell Health Sciences Library: Research and Learning Commons to other academic, public, corporate, and specialized libraries.
For unaffiliated libraries requesting Hershey-owned items: ILLiad Logon.
NOTICE WARNING CONCERNING COPYRIGHT RESTRICTIONS
The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material.
Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specific conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement.
This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law.